2010 NBA Draft Combine Thread

[Built Ford Tough]

I figured I would make a thread for us to talk about the Draft Combine that is taking place over the next few days. I know that the Combine isn't what it used to be as they have elminated the scrimmages and many of the top prospects don't really do much at the Combine (and this year is no exception to that), but I figured what the hell, might as well make a thread anyways.

 

Here are some results posted in a Chad Ford Insider blog:

 

Craig Brackins

 

Height: 6-8 ½

Height w/ Shoes: 6-9 ½

Weight: 226

Wingspan: 6-11 ½

Standing Reach: 9-0

Body Fat %: 8.4

Vertical (inches): 40

Lane Agility (s): 11.62

3/4 sprint (s): 3.69

Bench Press (reps): 8

 

 

Dwyane Collins

 

Height: 6-6 ½

Height w/ Shoes 6-8

Weight: 230

Wingspan: 7-4-

Standing Reach: 9-1 ½

Body Fat %: N/A

Vertical (inches): 34 ½

Lane Agility (s): 12.22

3/4 sprint (s): 3.29

Bench Press (reps): 3.29

 

 

James Anderson

 

Height: 6-4 ½

Height w/ Shoes 6-4 ½

Weight: 6-4 ½

Wingspan: 6-8

Standing Reach: 8-7 ½

Body Fat %: N/A

Vertical (inches): 34 ½

Lane Agility (s): 11.62

3/4 sprint (s): 3.21

Bench Press (reps): 15

 

Stanley Robinson

 

Height: 6-7

Height w/ Shoes 6-8 ½

Weight: 213

Wingspan: 7-0

Standing Reach: 8-11

Body Fat %: 10.1

Vertical (inches): 38 ½

Lane Agility (s): 12.36

3/4 sprint (s): 3.15

Bench Press (reps): 10

 

Devin Ebanks

 

Height: 6-8

Height w/ Shoes 6-9 ½

Weight: 206

Wingspan: 6-9

Standing Reach: 8-10

Body Fat %: 9.7

Vertical (inches): 35

Lane Agility (s): 11.97

3/4 sprint (s): 3.53

Bench Press (reps): 6

 

Lance Stephenson

 

Height: 6-4 ½

Height w/ Shoes 6-6

Weight: 227

Wingspan: 6-10 ½

Standing Reach: 8-6 ½

Body Fat %: 9.4

Vertical (inches): 35 ½

Lane Agility (s): 11.67

3/4 sprint (s): 3.28

Bench Press (reps): N/A

 

Manny Harris

 

Height: 6-3 ½

Height w/ Shoes 6-5

Weight: 177

Wingspan: 6-8

Standing Reach: 8.4

Body Fat %: 7.4

Vertical (inches): 6-8

Lane Agility (s): 12.02

3/4 sprint (s): 3.22

Bench Press (reps): 10

 

Avery Bradley

 

Height: 6-1 ½

Height w/ Shoes 6-3

Weight: 176

Wingspan: 6-7

Standing Reach: 8-3 ½

Body Fat %: 7.6

Vertical (inches): 37 ½

Lane Agility (s): 11.51

3/4 sprint (s): 3.03

Bench Press (reps): N/A

 

Here are some updates from DX's Twitter page:

 

Best media day interviews: John Wall, Dominique Jones, Evan Turner, Wesley Johnson, Luke Babbitt, Patrick Patterson, Ekpe Udoh,Solomon Alabi

 

Not so great media interviews: Al-Farouq Aminu, Sylven Landesberg, Stanley Robinson, DeMarcus Cousins, Ed Davis, Derrick Favors, Greg Monroe

 

Quincy Pondexter skipped NBA combine. Agent being coy about whereabouts. Similar to Jon Brockman last year. Has a promise in 1st round?

 

Top 4 guys being mentioned by NBA teams as looking good in the Combine today: ‎​Eric Bledsoe, Paul George, Gordon Hayward, Solomon Alabi.

 

Cousins likely won't be doing strength testing apparently, but will do the other athletic testing. Hasn't lifted much and won't start now.

 

Ekpe Udoh and Cole Aldrich also pulling out of the basketball portion of NBA combine, their agents inform us. They feel like have no choice.

 

Wesley Johnson & Ed Davis also won't be doing any basketball stuff tomorrow. Quickly turning into Orlando Pre-Draft Camp all over again...

 

Hassan Whiteside also not participating according to his agent.

 

DeMarcus Cousins, Al-Farouq Aminu and surprisingly enough, Daniel Orton won't be doing any basketball related stuff at the Combine either.

 

Hearing Derrick Favors, Evan Turner & John Wall won't be participating in any Combine drills tomorrow, just like Griffin/Thabeet last year.

 

EDIT: Here is what was posted at NBAdraft.net

 

Point Guards

 

The point guard segment got cut short as the 4 hour telecast ran up.

 

Avery Bradley Barely had any air time.

 

Armon Johnson See Bradley.

 

Terrico White Was wearing a t-shirt, barely saw any time on tv.

 

Eric Bledsoe Went high for a block attempt on Torrance and got a nice dunk on the break in the following 2-1.

 

Willie Warren Fumbled the ball in the first touch in a wide open situation.

 

Greivis Vasquez Looked like he’s added some weight. Struggled shooting the ball.

 

Mickhail Torrance Converted on the break.

 

Sherron Collins Jump shot looked good.

 

Shooting Guards

 

Lance Stephenson’s ball handling looked among the best of the shooting guards. His shot looks improved but still has some issues, his release is still short and he sort of pushes the ball. His shot looks much better from inside 12 feet but breaks down when he goes beyond that range. His body looks cut and a little better than during the season. His physical strength looks far greater than the other 2guards.

 

James Anderson’s form looked suspect. He’s a quality shooter however he doesn’t have enough follow through on every shot and his form was breaking down some.

 

Sylvan Landesburg showed some athleticism in the full court in the 3-2 2-1 drill, but he lacks the requisite explosiveness and body strength to make it at the NBA level.

 

Darrington Hobson For some reason Hobson was put in with the 2-guards instead of the small forwards. He looked out of place shot an airball at one point. He has good length but he’s got a strange body and lacks great athleticism. Came in distant last in the full court sprint drills.Not exactly a way to leave a great impression. Intensity and effort were very suspect.

 

Dominique Jones outside shot looked average. Didn’t make a huge impact. Outside shot shows good form but doesn’t get much lift.

 

Xavier Henry had easily the best shot among the shooting guards. The ball rolls off his fingers on every shot in a textbook form.

 

Manny Harris’ shooting form stood out as one of the better ones among the 2-guards. He did fumble the ball in the ball handling drills. His lack of size and natural body strength is the major concern with him.

 

Andy Rautins looked outclassed athletically chasing Sylvan Landesburg in a full court drill. He’s got picture perfect form on his shot, but his lack of strength and athleticism is glaring.

 

Jordan Crawford showed solid handles. He’s an above average athlete but his lack of height hurts him. His body posture is strange as he has hunched shoulders, but this can be corrected.

 

Small Forwards

 

Paul George looked very impressive knocking down 4 outside shots in a row. Finally getting some of the hype that he has deserved all along.

 

Luke Babbitt’s lack of speed and athleticism was glaring in the full court drills. Shot the ball extremely well as he did all season. Shows the intensity and effort level to make up for his lack of quickness, staying with Devin Ebanks in the line sprints.

 

Stanley Robinson’s athleticism stood out as one of this year’s true physical specimens. Ball handling looked terrible on the 3-2, 2-1 drill losing the ball but then regaining it by diving to the floor.

 

Gordon Hayward Larry Bird had his eyes on Hayward the minute he walked through the door and never took them off him. Hayward mentioned that he would love to play for the hometown Pacers, but being taken 10th overall seems high.

 

Charles Garcia Showed a nice shooting form on a number of shots. Handled the ball well in the open floor. Looked slow and awkward running the line sprints at the end of the workout.

 

Devin Ebanks Elite level athlete with great length. Ebanks is one of the real intriguing players but unfortunately there was barely any clips of him shooting the ball.

 

Damion James showed some shooting ability.

 

Lazar Hayward looked good shooting jumpers knocking down every shot during one segment.

 

Power Forward

 

Patrick Patterson Was one of the few projected lottery picks that actually showed up. The big question with Patterson is how he’ll measure. He has a long wingspan so that will help, but measuring under 6-6.5 barefoot would be damaging. Interesting that his teammate Daniel Orton who has much more to prove did not participate.

 

Gani Lawal Body looks more toned than the in the same event a year ago.

 

Trevor Booker Had a solid showing shooting the ball, although his release is slow. Similar to Patterson, Bookers measurement will be big. He appears to be closer to 6-7 than 6-8. If he measures well it could mean a big boost to his stock.

 

Craig Brackins Body does not look very athletic but his outside shoot looked impressive. Easily one of the best shooters among the bigmen showing the range to his 18-20 foot jumpers with no problem. Reports of a 40 inch vertical sound preposterous.

 

Jarvis Varnado Body still looks painfully skinny. At some point you have to wonder if he will be able to put on significant weight. This isn’t the type of event that Varnado can impress in as his offensive game is extremely awkward. His jumpshot is very ugly and lacks a consistent release point.

 

Luke Harangody Looked good shooting the ball knocking down his shots. Measured just 6-6.25 barefoot last year but had a surprising 8’10 standing reach (which is the same as Tyler Hansbrough) . He’s an undersized power forward but will likely get drafted based on his tremendous college productivity. A difficult player to project his skills to the NBA level, but could find a role as a jump shooter with his tremendous grit and determination.

 

Derrick Caracter Appears to have kept the weight off.

 

Ryan Richards Left hander who had some intrigue from international scouts a few years ago. His development has not been great although he does show solid touch. Talk about him as a first rounder seems farfetched. He has not done anything in actual games to warrent first round discussion.

 

Centers

 

Larry Sanders Sanders looked very impressive. His body looks like he has put on some real muscle since the end of the season. He’s still very thin, but his shoulders are showing more definition. Showed a nice release shooting behind the three point line. Looked impressive shooting off the dribble.

 

Solomon Alabi Dwarfed Larry Sanders. Looks a legit 7-1. Appears very mechanical and slow. Looked rigid in his one dribble jump shots. Has a solid release, but lacks fluidity in his motions when taking jump shots. Did knock down a number of jump shots. For some reason we got a chance to watch him drink a blue Gatorade for 30 seconds. Top 10 pick? Maybe in second round.

 

Tiny Gallon Did not show up in good shape. Looked slow and lacked lift when leaping. Got winded very quickly. Shows some long term potential, but a team will have to be very patient with him. It’s hard to imagine him going any higher than mid second round.

 

Jerome Jordan Showed the ability to hit hook shots from 5 feet using both hands. Would have been nice to see more of him.

 

Dexter Pittman Appears to have worked to keep his body in shape. Although he rarely takes jump shots anyway, the form on it is poor. Lacks a fluid release.

 

Art Parakhouski The best shooter among the bigmen. Looks extremely comfortable shooting the ball. Athleticism and explosiveness is average.

Edited May 21, 2010 by Built Ford Tough

[AtTheDriveIn]

Craig Brackins

Vertical (inches): 40

 

That seems wrong.

[Real Deal]

I don't get Avery's...

 

Vertical (inches): 8-3 ½

[Built Ford Tough]

Here are some of the interviews that are posted on the DraftExpress Youtube Channel.

 

John Wall

 

Part 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNFdsR-Lbd8

 

Part 2

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VedDUrPLWVA

 

Daniel Orton

 

Part 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p7jzcAIehE

 

Part 2

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEa5FNZnmsM

 

Evan Turner

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MySiHDuWx0

Edited May 21, 2010 by Built Ford Tough

[Built Ford Tough]

Here are some more of the interviews

 

DeMarcus Cousins

 

Part 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ALmtrmvQUA

 

Part 2

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79q5b3sflao

 

Wesley Johnson

 

Part 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHjrtSVUZrQ

 

Part 2

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ0KRZhg1rw

[Built Ford Tough]

And the final interview with Patrick Patterson.

 

Patrick Patterson

 

Part 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBU_iEe1RF0

 

Part 2

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9gxHaV4uAU

 

 

 

 

I don't get Avery's...

 

Typo on my part. I accidently copied his standing reach instead of his verticle.

 

His vert was measured as 37 ½. I'll edit that right now.

 

Craig Brackins

Vertical (inches): 40

 

That seems wrong.

 

I thought so as well, but that is what Chad Ford had posted on his blog. That wasn't a typo on my part.

[AtTheDriveIn]

I thought so as well, but that is what Chad Ford had posted on his blog. That wasn't a typo on my part.

 

Fair enough. I wasn't aware he could jump so high is all. I thought he would have been between 31 and 34 inches. Brackins measured out quite well according to those numbers and he has a good body as well. 6'9.5", 225 is definitely solid vital numbers. If he were a year or two younger, he would have been top fifteen material (Last year, I recall him being top twenty).

[NomarFachix]

I @ Turner's voice.

 

Also, Cousins is a ritard.

[Smitty]

I @ Turner's voice.

 

Also, Cousins is a ritard.

 

Kyle, what's a ritard?

 

But yeah, Turner has that kinda voice like...you know when you're drinking certain juice and some of it will stick to the roof of your mouth and makes your voice sound funny? THAT.

[NomarFachix]

Kyle, what's a ritard?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMpsttlXye8

 

^_^

[Built Ford Tough]

Measurements were released earlier. I'm not going to post them all out like I did above because that would take way too long, but here is the link:

 

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/

[xx.]

If anyone's interested the combine is actually shown on ESPNU and NBATV was watching a bit of it today but I got to it too late and it ended in like 20 minutes. It's on tomorrow from like 10AM till 2PM I think they mentioned.

[AtTheDriveIn]

Measurements were released earlier. I'm not going to post them all out like I did above because that would take way too long, but here is the link:

 

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/

 

A lot of guys measured out really well.

 

Whiteside's body is crazy. 6'11.5, 5.5 percent body fat, 7'7" wingspan. I think I found my favourite player for this draft!

[Flash]

Dwyane Collins

 

Height: 6-6 ½

Height w/ Shoes 6-8

Weight: 230

Wingspan: 7-4-

Standing Reach: 9-1 ½

Body Fat %: N/A

Vertical (inches): 34 ½

Lane Agility (s): 12.22

3/4 sprint (s): 3.29

Bench Press (reps): 3.29

 

That has to be wrong.

 

On a different note, I would love a chance to nab Paul George at 18. Seems like his stock is only going to rise though but he's a great offensive weapon to have at the 3 spot. He seems to have a more complete offensive game than both Q and Dorell at this point.

[xx.]

A lot of guys measured out really well.

 

Whiteside's body is crazy. 6'11.5, 5.5 percent body fat, 7'7" wingspan. I think I found my favourite player for this draft!

You're sounding like some NFL scouts that will judge a player purely based on their 40 time.

 

Whiteside is a huge project and I would definitely not risk my pick on him. Patrick O'Bryant and Sene come to mind right away.

[HipHopHead]

A lot of guys measured out really well.

 

Whiteside's body is crazy. 6'11.5, 5.5 percent body fat, 7'7" wingspan. I think I found my favourite player for this draft!

 

5% body fat is pretty [expletive]ing unhealthy, i'm calling bull[expletive].

[xx.]

5% body fat is pretty [expletive]ing unhealthy, i'm calling bull[expletive].

Unhealthy? It's called being dedicated and working out every single day with a good diet making you cut.

[HipHopHead]

Unhealthy? It's called being dedicated and working out every single day with a good diet making you cut.

5% is not healthy dude, body builders go that low for contests after practically starving themselves. obviously you aren't familiar with the human body as someone as myself is.

[Flash]

5% is not healthy dude, body builders go that low for contests after practically starving themselves. obviously you aren't familiar with the human body as someone as myself is.

 

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/Vettura11/gifs/LOLAndruw.gif

[Real Deal]

A lot of guys measured out really well.

 

Whiteside's body is crazy. 6'11.5, 5.5 percent body fat, 7'7" wingspan. I think I found my favourite player for this draft!

Whiteside is a freak, but he has a lot of work ahead of him.

 

And Ron Gant (baseball) was rumored to be at just 2% body fat at one point in his career. It's not really amazing to see an athlete at 5.5%.

 

Typical athletes are usually 6-13% on that scale. Essential fat would be considered 2-4% body fat. Fit people are 14-17%.

[KurbyFX]

Height: 6-4 ½

Height w/ Shoes 6-4 ½

Weight: 6-4 ½

 

Dude needs to get better shoes. Half the players get at least one inch.

[xx.]

5% is not healthy dude, body builders go that low for contests after practically starving themselves. obviously you aren't familiar with the human body as someone as myself is.

Not going to bother arguing with a retard like you. HAHAHAHAHAHHA you're post made me laugh though, fukin human biologist over here at OTR everyone.

 

You have no idea how many athletes are around 5% bodyfat, it's pretty common.

 

http://www.nbadraft.net/2010-nba-draft-combine-official-measurements

 

Check out how many guys measured at under 5%, I guess those guys are all anorexic and just killing themselves. They just workout and don't eat all day, that makes sense.

[xx.]

Example:

 

This guy is clearly one of the most unhealthiest people in the world. He has under a 5.0% bodyfat, just look at him, it is clear to me and of course to HipHop's amazing human body knowledge he is starving himself.

 

http://www.supplements365.com/images/Image/vernon_04.jpg

[NomarFachix]

^^ going to die if he doesn't watch it

[Flash]

I guess LeBron is going to croak on us any day now.

I can't let everybody know everything about LeBron," said James, who more than any other star understands the value of mystique. He did joke that he'd "gotten fat" -- this from a man with 5% body fat

Read More: http://sportsillustr.../#ixzz0ohvoMKER

Edited May 23, 2010 by Flash